The High Road (EP)

The High Road
Live album by Roxy Music
Released March 1983 (1983-03) [1]
Recorded August 27, 1982 (1982-08-27)
Genre Art rock, New Wave, New Romanticism
Length 26:38
Label Polygram (UK)
Reprise (U.S.)
Producer Rhett Davies, Robin Nash, Roxy Music
Roxy Music chronology
Avalon
(1982)		 'The High Road
(1983)		 Street Life: 20 Great Hits
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Rolling Stone [3]
Robert Christgau (B+)[4]

The High Road is Roxy Music's second live release with only four over-five minute tracks, two of them cover songs and one a Ferry solo effort originally release on The Bride Stripped Bare. It was recorded at the Apollo in Glasgow, Scotland on August 27, 1982 (1982-08-27)[2] and released in 1983 after Roxy Music disbanded for the second time. It reached number 26 in the UK Album Charts. [5] Despite sharing the same title and cover art, there are no recordings on this album in common with the "High Road" videocassette/DVD, which was recorded in Frejus. None of the recordings on this album have ever been issued on CD.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Can't Let Go" (Bryan Ferry) – 5:29
  2. "My Only Love" (Ferry) – 7:23
  3. "Like a Hurricane" (Neil Young) – 7:36
  4. "Jealous Guy" (John Lennon) – 6:10

Personnel

Additional personnel

Notes

  1. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2006). The Essential Rock Discography. Edinburgh, Scotland: Canongate. p. 931. ISBN 1841958603. 
  2. ^ a b Allender, Mark W. B.. "allmusic ((( The High Road > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r48357. Retrieved March 17, 2010. 
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan. "Roxy Music". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 705, cited March 17, 2010
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Roxy Music". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 17, 2010.
  5. ^ "UK Top 40 Hit Database". http://www.everyhit.com. Retrieved 2008-06-07. 
Roxy Music
Studio albums
Singles
"Virginia Plain" · "Pyjamarama" · "Do the Strand" · "Street Life" · "All I Want Is You" · "The Thrill of It All" · "Love Is the Drug" · "Both Ends Burning" · "Trash" · "Dance Away" · "Angel Eyes" · "Over You" · "Oh Yeah" · "Same Old Scene" · "In the Midnight Hour" · "Jealous Guy" · "More Than This" · "Avalon" · "Take a Chance With Me" · "Like a Hurricane"
Live albums
Viva! · The High Road · Heart Still Beating · Concert Classics · Concerto · Live
Compilations
Greatest Hits · The First Seven Albums · The Atlantic Years · Street Life: 20 Great Hits · The Ultimate Collection · More Than This · The Thrill of It All · The Early Years · Slave To Love · The Best of Roxy Music
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